Songs Inspired By Salinger: Catcher In The Rye

This posting has no connection with 60s music but one of Blogger's favourite books, Catcher In The Rye, written by J.D. Salinger in 1951, has long been inspirational for songwriters. Salinger, (previous blog posting January, 28th, 2010) who died on January 27th, 2010 aged 91, has his book as reference when these 10 songs were written:

1) Catcher In The Rye - Guns N Roses
2) Six Minutes - Jonas Brothers
3) Get It Right - The Offspring
4) Roller Shake Skinny - Old 97's
5) Shadrach - Beastie Boys
6) Le Pastie de la Bourgeoisie - Belle & Sebastian
7) Who Wrote Holden Caulfield -Green Day
8) We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel (image)
9) Warning Shots - Rick Springfield
10) Good Year - The Refreshments

"Holden Caulfield was an antihero who spoke like a real teenager and rebelled against conformity. With his conclusion that successful people were phonies, Caulfield was punk rock long before punk rock existed." (Spinner Staff)**

Blogger is not familiar with most of the songs but some singers are familiar ie: Billy Joey (Piano Man - 1973), Rick Springfield (Beginnings - 1972) and Jessie's Girl - 1981). You can read more from:**
http://www.spinner.com/2010/01/29/j-d-salinger-catcher-in-the-rye-songs/

Many songs and pieces of music are inspired by William Shakespeare's plays. Are you familiar with any song inspired by a book that you have read? It could be in Chinese, Malay or any other language. Possibly a 60s song or novel?

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